OWET convened the second annual OWET Developersʼ Summit on August 2, 2011 in
Portland, Oregon.
The Summit brought together participants, both new and those who had attended the first
OWET Developersʼ Summit 2010, to r ...

This report establishes an industry knowledge base for existing anchoring and mooring techniques as applied to wave energy conversion (WEC) devices in and around Oregon. This report on anchoring and mooring techniques i ...

This project examined the information needs of those interested in the planning for marine renewable
energy in Oregon. The objective was to recommend to Oregon State University’s Northwest National
Marine Renewable Ene ...

The potential for creating underwater noise disturbance is one environmental impact that must be
accounted for by wave energy developers to meet the needs of regulatory agencies. This review
study has been conducted to ...

The offshore waters and the coastline of Oregon provide year-round habitat for a number of birds, marine mammals, sea turtles, and possibly bats, at least fifteen of which are federally listed as threatened or endangered ...

This project was carried out collaboratively by Oregon State University (OSU) scientists and involved participation by Oregon Department of Fisheries and Wildlife and NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center scientists. T ...

The purpose of this project was to collect baseline data for a Before-After-Control-Impact (BACI) study of effects a wave energy conversion project planned for the coastal waters off of Reedsport, Oregon on the local ben ...

In an effort to foster a collaborative approach to advancing the ocean energy industry,
OWET convened the OWET 2010 Developersʼ Summit on September 27 and 28, 2010 in
Portland, Oregon.
The purpose of the Summit was to ...

Each of the three breakout groups received instructions concerning their objectives along with tools to use.
Breakout Group Session 1: Baseline Studies
Breakout Group Session 2: Impact/Short Scale Studies
Breakout Gr ...

This project was a single assessment of the benthic habitat characteristics and organisms near the future Ocean Power Technologies Demonstration facility near Reedsport, OR, and a reference location. The goal of this pro ...

This report presents an assessment of the wave power potential of the Oregon coast and how much of that power can actually be converted into useful energy, based on analysis of the conversion efficiency of the two most a ...

Oregon’s fishing community is concerned about the potential effects that wave energy conversion
devices could have on Dungeness crab movement, behavior and harvests. Though crabbing has
been a mainstay of West Coast ec ...

The fundamental aim of the Oregon Wave Energy Trust’s (OWET’s) cumulative effects framework is to provide an enduring set of information, presented in an effective way to inform substantial decisions about the future and ...

Renewable energy resources, such as wind, solar, and wave, have a number of advantages compared to traditional fossil fuels. Numerous studies attest to the physical potential for wave energy development in Oregon. In tra ...

In this report we present results of a sound propagation modeling study off the
coast of Newport, OR. Preliminary acoustic experimental data was also collected by an
underwater glider equipped with a hydrophone to meas ...

The objective of the study is to generate accurate, current data on distribution (distance to shore, travel path) and behavior (travel speed, migration timing) of gray whales migrating along the central Oregon coast (Pac ...

This study was commissioned by OWET to determine the possible economic benefits to Oregon and Oregon’s coastal communities from having a thriving wave energy industry. While wave energy industry growth will proceed along ...